How to Disable the iTunes Ping Sidebar in iTunes 10

You can disable the new iTunes Ping sidebar from appearing in iTunes 10.0.1 by using the following command within the Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar 1
Then relaunch iTunes for changes to take effect, this also disables the Ping button from appearing in the corner of iTunes, as you can see in the above screenshot.

You can reverse these changes and get the Ping sidebar back by using the following command:defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar 0
Again, you’ll need to relaunch iTunes for changes to take effect.